Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-06-28
GAMBLING.

De-. ~. Any person or persons, or
association OF persons, who shall keep
any house or saloon, or room, or club
rooms, where any banking game or
game of chance ts dealt or played for
money, or anything representing
money or having y money value is
used, bet, ventured or hazarded In
any city, town or village, whose pop
ulation 10 greater than three hundred
persons, shall before starting such bus
lness, pay 70 the county treasurer, o
license Of one hundred dollars per
quarter. and In addition thereto such
person or penons shall pay q lIcsnse
for each table, (which rAbie shall not
exceed eight feet In length by four
feet In width) on which the game
commonly called faro is dealt or play.
ed, forty dollars per month; and such
person or persons shall pay Q license
for each table (which shall not exceed
eight feet In length and four feet and
one-hslf feet In width on which the
games commonly called percentage
stud horse poker" or "percentsGe
draw poker" or "thenty -oneh or thigh
ball' or "blue jay" or "chuck luck"
or "sh0rt faro" Is dealt or played with
cards, Of i've hundred dollars Der
month; and such person or persons
shall pay for any room wherein the
game called rkeno" Is dealt played or
conducted, q license of i've hundred
dollars per month which shall be ex-
elusive Of all other games; and such
person or pereons shall nay o license
for each table on which the game call
ed roulette" is played. Of i've hun.
dred dollars yer month; and for each
and every other banking game, not
mentioned In this section; such per-
con or persons shall pay q license Of
Ave hundred dollars per month.
In any city, town or village whose
population IL less than three hundred
persons, shall pay license of one-half
the amount paid In towns, cities or
villages, whose population 10 greater
than three hundred persons; but this
section shall not be construed TO su.
thorize or permit any game prohibited
by the laws OF this territory. Any
person violating any Of the provisions
Of this section, shall upon conviction,
be fined in any sum not less than three
hundred, or more than one thousand
dollars or imprisonment In the county
jail not lees than thirty days nor more
than six months or both such fipe and
imprisonment In the discretion of the
court. Provided; that one half Of the
fine collected shall 60 to the penon
informing.
10 BE KEPT POSTED.
All licenses provided for by sections
and 10 of this act, shall he kept pes
ted 10 . conspicuous places where
such business 10 carried on.
TRAVELLING MERCHANT, HAwKER OR
PEDDLER.
SEC. ii. That every travelling mef-
chant, hawker or peddler who shall
carry Q pack or trunk and snall sell
goods wares or merchandise, shall pay
Q license Of five dollars per quarter.
III be travel with one horse and wagon
or other vehicle and sells goods. wares
and merchandise. he shsll pay o n
cense of fifteen dollAss per quarter;
II be travels with two or moro horses
and wagon or vehicle, and sells gosds,
wares and merchandise, he shall pay
license Of twenty dollars pei quarter
and IL be travels with q pack animal
and sells goods. wares and merchan-
disc he shall pay license OF five dol.
lars.per quarter for such pack animal.
Provided; that no license shall be re-
quired to be paid by any person who ,
sells any production of this territory
manufactured or raised by himself.
SKATING Kinks.
SEC. IL. Every keeper Of q roller
skating rink in cities or towns of three
thousand people and upward, shall
procure license and shall pay there
for the sum of ffty dollars per quarter
and in towns Of Of one thousand and
less than three thousand people. such
person or persons shall pay twenty
fve dollars per quarter, and in all
towns of less than one thousand To-
habitants, such person or persons shall
pay ten dollars per quarter.
ROADS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES
WATER AND INCORPORATED COM
PANIEs.
SEC. Is. All roads, bridges or ferries
or water company or Incorporated
company not specified In the provis-
ions of this act or any other company
or association, person or persons taking
or receiving toll, or selling water IN
incorporated cities. whose quarterly
receipts reach the sum Of i've hundred
dollars, shall pay license tax Of
twenty dollars per quarter; those
whose quarterly receipts do not exceed
five hundred dollars shall pay q IL
cense tax Of ten dollars per Quarter:
those whose quarterly receipts shall
reach one thousand dollars shall
pay license tax of forty dollars per
quarter, those whose quarterly receipts
shall reach two thousand dollars shall
pay license tax Of eighty dollars per
quarter, those whosequarterlyreceipts
shall reach five thousand dollars, shall
pay . license tax of one
hundred and fifty dollars per quarter.
and those whoee quarterly receipts
shall reach ten thousand dollars shall
pay license tax of two hundred and
my yNiollars per quarter; provided. that
nothing In this section shall apply 70
water bitches for mining. agricultural
or manufacturing purposes.
WATER COMPANIES TO MAKE REPORTS.
SEC. IA. That II shall be the duty OF
any corporation or other COMPANY,
person or persons receiving or chefEs
Ing toll or water rates for which .
license 10 required, four timss Ia each
year, 70 file with tho treasurer Of the
county In which said company %
located, doing businssB. o. In which
they have their ol1cs, q sworn state
ment Of I'll their rscelpn. And 70
shall be the dsty Of said trsesurer p
examins saId report. and he shall
have the power 70 hear testimony for
and against the samey and II he sp-